kindless

adjective

Definition of kindlessnext
as in heartless

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  1. heartless
  2. pitiless
  3. uncaring
  4. hard-hearted
  5. unfeeling
  6. coldhearted
  7. brittle
  8. icy
Adjective
  • Harper probably wouldn’t be thrilled to be labeled a heartless sadist by her only friend under the best of circumstances, but to get this criticism so soon after Eric, her former mentor, lobbed a similar insult her way must sting.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
  • From Lois and the boys’ discovery of Clark’s limp, heartless corpse to the scream Jordan released when Lex crushed that heart under his boot, there was no shortage of drama.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of heartless
Adjective
  • This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.
    Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
  • Drugged, kidnapped, and manacled while a pitiless killer wears her face.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 July 2024
Definition of pitiless
Adjective
  • The risk, of course, is that the North Koreans will learn what those Russian marines learned recently: that their commanders are cruel, ignorant or both—and that following stupid orders from uncaring officers is bad for your health.
    David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • This urgent and necessary documentary makes plain the obvious evil of an uncaring government that insists on gaining full control of the bodies of its people, unmoved by the pain that follows.
    Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of uncaring
Adjective
  • In the face of such terror, even hard-hearted Sam has to crumble.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
  • Technically Shaw is a mercenary, but not a cynical or hard-hearted one.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
Definition of hard-hearted
Adjective
  • The author renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity, depicting an alert child logic that defies adults’ view of her as slow and unfeeling.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
  • That’s because for decades, reptiles have been characterized as cold, unfeeling, and even primitive creatures.
    Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Definition of unfeeling
Adjective
  • Cephus ducks the Vietnam draft and does time in prison, then reluctantly skips town and heads north, to the coldhearted streets of New York.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
  • Harbottle also risks a ferret with her coldhearted approach of making customers pay for goods and services.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
Definition of coldhearted
Adjective
  • This mineral helps promote bone density and strength to prevent injury and osteoporosis (a bone disease in which bones become weak and brittle).
    Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Dry air may not seem like the most pressing beauty issue, but according to Suzanne Friedler, MD, clinical instructor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, changes in humidity can lead to issues like dry, brittle hair and leathery skin.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of brittle
Adjective
  • Pan said after his race on Wednesday that American and Australian swimmers had been icy toward him.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The combination of human pressures and an icier coast may have eventually driven blue whales offshore.
    Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Definition of icy
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